How We Inspire, Inform and Transform!

Knockout Obesity’s unique recipe for success involves Inspiration (through physical fitness training), Information (through nutrition education), and Transformation (through capacity-building for community-based organizations.) Knockout Obesity delivers its signature obesity prevention and intervention program to youth-serving community organizations, with an emphasis on community centers located in high-need New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments.
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Walk To Your Health, Brooklyn! on June 20, 2015

Knockout Obesity is proud to host the inaugural, Walk To Your Health, Brooklyn! First Annual Family Walk to Knockout Childhood Obesity, on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Brooklyn Bridge Park! This debut walk for NYC will unite Brooklynites in the fight against childhood obesity, and raise funds for Knockout Obesity, so we can continue our efforts to help children develop physical fitness and nutrition habits that will promote healthy lifestyles and prevent obesity! Volunteer, Walk or Sponsor.
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Sustainability

Knockout Obesity has developed and continues to refine a plan for securing revenue, resources, strategic partnerships, and visibility to advance its mission and ensure its sustainability for years to come. The plan includes the following key components:

Revenue: Knockout Obesity will meet the needs of its operating budget through ongoing solicitation of major gifts, corporate and foundation grants, and sponsorships, as well as through an annual “Obesity Walk”. The six-member Board of Directors is committed to 100% annual giving and developing diverse revenue streams to provide financial resiliency and flexibility.

Resources: Knockout Obesity will control expenses by seeking in-kind donations of boxing training equipment and other key program supplies.

Strategic Partnerships: Knockout Obesity will partner with like-minded community-based organizations, who provide the program space and participants, and professional boxing trainers and nutritionists, who provide expert fitness and nutrition instruction.

Visibility: Knockout Obesity will communicate its message through its online and social media channels, as well as through corporate partnerships and traditional media channels. Knockout Obesity has been featured on Fox 5 New York, News 12 Brooklyn, New York Daily News, New York Post, Metro NY, ESPN New York, ESPN – NY Fight Blog, WNYC, Hot 97 FM, The Insider, DNAinfo New York, HooplaHa, Hit First Boxing, Red Hook Star Revue, Praise 103.9, American Diabetes Association, WWRL 1600, Examiner.com, OK! Magazine, Hudson Reporter, and The Jersey Journal.

By developing the programmatic and material capacity of CBO partners to sustain the program, Knockout Obesity will expand the scope of its impact while maintaining a streamlined and efficient organizational infrastructure. This will help to ensure the long-term sustainability and effectiveness of the agency.

Mission

OUR MISSION is to combat childhood obesity by providing nutritional and physical education, and programming, using the tenets of boxing, while partnering with private and non-profit organizations to reach both youth and adults in need.